MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.00,-94.02 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -94.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 110 SFC 978 304 24.3 23.1 93 1.2 23.5 188 9 299.3 302.7 297.4 353.4 18.50 2 950 560 26.2 21.5 76 4.7 22.8 208 24 303.8 306.9 297.7 355.1 17.26 3 900 1037 23.8 18.9 74 4.9 20.4 231 21 306.1 309.0 297.2 352.5 15.47 4 850 1535 20.2 17.0 82 3.2 17.9 246 16 307.3 310.0 296.8 351.0 14.50 5 800 2056 16.6 12.7 78 3.8 14.0 236 17 308.8 311.0 295.3 344.1 11.64 6 750 2606 15.6 -0.5 33 16.1 6.9 241 18 313.5 314.4 291.5 329.0 4.91 7 700 3186 11.2 -2.5 38 13.7 4.1 244 19 314.9 315.8 291.5 329.3 4.53 8 650 3799 6.5 -4.5 45 10.9 1.0 239 25 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.8 4.22 9 600 4450 1.3 -8.3 49 9.6 -3.0 240 33 317.7 318.3 291.3 328.8 3.41 10 550 5143 -4.1 -11.8 55 7.6 -7.2 246 41 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.5 2.83 11 500 5886 -10.2 -18.9 49 8.7 -13.0 251 45 320.6 320.9 290.7 326.4 1.71 12 450 6691 -14.3 -27.0 33 12.8 -17.4 256 36 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.93 13 400 7572 -21.3 -33.8 31 12.5 -23.5 260 36 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.55 14 350 8543 -28.7 -39.7 34 11.0 -30.1 263 30 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.35 15 300 9625 -37.7 -46.9 38 9.1 -38.4 264 30 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.19 16 250 10854 -47.8 -53.8 50 6.0 -48.0 252 31 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12300 -54.2 -63.3 32 9.1 -54.4 238 34 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14142 -56.3 -77.7 5 21.4 -56.6 252 28 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -59.5 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.8 236 12 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.83 m Freezing level: 587.72 mb = 4620.31 m = 15158.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.25 mb = 3960.33 m = 12993.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.87 C = 91.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.88 mb = 450.61 m = 1478.38 ft T: 25.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 26.07 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.93 mb = 1761.27 m = 5778.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.87 C = 91.17 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -8.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -7.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.41 C Cross Totals Index: 27.20 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2962.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.91 mb = 1313.11 m = 4308.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.91 mb = 3103.41 m = 10181.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.91 mb = 13085.42 m = 42930.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2915.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.5 neg: -10.3 tot: 104.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.97 Bulk Rich Number: 97.99 Bulk Shear: 30.23 m/s